{"id":125,"date":"2015-02-19T13:04:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T13:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xml-io.proteusthemes.com\/mentalpress\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2016-05-05T19:00:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T19:00:06","slug":"anxiety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drfritts.com\/services\/anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maybe you\u2019ve heard it all before. \u201cJust relax!\u201d \u201cWhy are you always freaking out?\u201d Well-meaning friends and family think they are helping by telling you to just calm down and quit making a big deal about everything. They don\u2019t understand that you can\u2019t help it and if you could relax, you would! Anxiety is a terrible experience to live with, and life doesn\u2019t have to be this way. Maybe you have trouble leaving your house, or you are bogged down by rituals of ridding yourself of germs or checking the locks, or the thought of being in social situations makes you want to shrink away and disappear, or maybe you just can\u2019t turn off your mind long enough to get a break. Maybe there are times when you are so overwhelmed by your fears and emotions that you feel like your panic is physically painful and exhausting. Whatever the case may be, the time to treat your anxiety is always NOW. In our work together, you will find an empathic and nonjudgmental therapist who will help you pinpoint the underlying causes of your suffering and how to start feeling better.<\/p>\n